2019–20 Alloa Athletic F.C. season

Alloa Athletic
2019–20 season
Chairman	Mike Mulraney
Manager	Peter Grant
Stadium	Recreation Park
Scottish Championship	8th
Scottish Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Group stage
Challenge Cup	Fourth Round
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 season is Alloa Athletic's 2nd consecutive season in the Scottish Championship. Alloa also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Competitions

Win	Draw	Loss

Scottish Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Promotion, qualification or relegation^[a]
6	Dunfermline Athletic	28	10	7	11	41	36	+5	37	1.32
7	Greenock Morton	28	10	6	12	45	52	−7	36	1.29
8	Alloa Athletic	28	7	10	11	33	43	−10	31	1.11
9	Queen of the South	28	7	7	14	28	40	−12	28	1.00
10	Partick Thistle (R)	27	6	8	13	32	47	−15	26	0.96	Relegation to League One

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.^[1]

Results


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
3 August 2019 – 15:00	Partick Thistle	Home	1–1	Hetherington	1,672	^[2]
10 August 2019 – 15:00	Greenock Morton	Away	4–1	Cawley		^[3]
24 August 2019 – 15:00	Arbroath	Away	0–1			^[4]
31 August 2019 – 15:00	Queen of the South	Away	0–1	Trouten		^[5]
14 September 2019 – 15:00	Dundee F.C.	Away	2–1	Dick		^[6]
21 September 2019 – 15:00	Ayr United	Home	1–4	O'Hara		^[7]
28 September 2019 – 15:00	Dunfermline Athletic	Away	1–1	Brown		^[8]
4 October 2019 – 15:00	Dundee United	Home	1–0	O'Hara		^[9]
19 October. 2019 – 15:00	Inverness	Away	2–2	Buchanan, Trouten		^[10]
26 October 2019 – 15:00	Queen of the South	Home	2–2	Trouten, O'Hara		^[11]
29 October 2019 – 19:45	Dundee	Home	0–3			^[12]
2 November 2019 – 15:00	Arbroath	Away	1–2	Trouten		^[13]
9 November 2019 – 15:00	Dunfermline Athletic	Away	2–1	Trouten, Cawley		^[14]
26 November 2019 – 15:00	Partick Thistle	Away	1–1	Trouten		^[15]

30 November 2019 15	Alloa Athletic	0–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Alloa
15:00	Dick 58' Hetherington 70' Flannigan 80'	Report	Taggart 38' (o.g.) Doran 45' Keatings 72'	Stadium: The Indodrill Stadium Attendance: 721 Referee: Greg Aitken

7 December 2019 16	Dundee United	2–1	Alloa Athletic	Dundee
15:00	Clark 45+2' Appéré 55'	Report	Reynolds 12' (o.g.)	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 7,615 Referee: Andrew Dallas

14 December 2019 17	Ayr United	2–1	Alloa Athletic	Ayr
15:00	Docherty 6' 12' Kelly 81'	Report	Trouten 23' Hetherington 58' O'Hara 67' Deas 69'	Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 1,117 Referee: David Munro

21 December 2019 18	Alloa Athletic	0–2	Greenock Morton	Alloa
15:00		Report	McAlister 12' Nesbitt 55' Cadden 64' Baird 67'	Stadium: The Indodrill Stadium Attendance: 727 Referee: Kevin Clancy

28 December 2019 19	Dunfermline Athletic	1–3	Alloa Athletic	Dunfermline
15:00	Nisbet 20'	Report	Brown 21' 67' O'Hara 25' Flannigan 66' (pen.) Hetherington 68'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 4,257 Referee: Steven Reid

4 January 2020 20	Alloa Athletic	1–1	Partick Thistle	Alloa
15:00	Brown 62' Cawley 70' Deas 72' Malcolm 74'	Report	Bannigan 74' (pen.) Jones 78'	Stadium: The Indodrill Stadium Attendance: 1,827 Referee: David Munro

21 January 2020 21	Alloa Athletic	2–0	Arbroath	Alloa
19:45	O'Hara 24' 27'	Report		Stadium: The Indodrill Stadium Attendance: 765 Referee: Craig Napier

25 January 2020 22	Queen of the South	2–3	Alloa Athletic	Dumfries
15:00	Hamilton 52' Dobbie 58'	Report	Hetherington 2' O'Hara 8' 81' Thomson 14'	Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 1,169 Referee: Gavin Duncan

1 February 2020 23	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–1	Alloa Athletic	Inverness
15:00	Storey 45+1' White 59'	Report	Flannigan 30' (pen.)	Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 1,914 Referee: Kevin Clancy

14 February 2020 24	Alloa Athletic	0–0	Dundee United	Alloa
19:05	Stirling 50'	Report	Butcher 42' Robson 49'	Stadium: The Indodrill Stadium Attendance: 1,442 Referee: Steven McLean

22 February 2020 25	Greenock Morton	4–4	Alloa Athletic	Greenock
15:00	Jacobs 15' Colville 36' 40' Tumilty 44' McHugh 45+1' 56'	Report	Trouten 20' Cawley 22' O'Hara 85' Deas 90+2'	Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 1,214 Referee: Graham Beaton

29 February 2020 26	Alloa Athletic	0–2	Ayr United	Alloa
15:00	Thomson 13' Hetherington 62'	Report	Drinan 9' Harvie 73' Forrest 82'	Stadium: The Indodrill Stadium Attendance: 915 Referee: Greg Aitken

3 March 2020 27	Dundee	0–0	Alloa Athletic	Dundee
19:45		Report		Stadium: Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park Attendance: 4,356 Referee: Mike Roncone

7 March 2020 28	Alloa Athletic	2–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Alloa
15:00	Connelly 12' Trouten 28' Thomson 78'	Report	Trafford 60'	Stadium: The Indodrill Stadium Attendance: 712 Referee: Steven Kirkland

14 March 2020 29	Partick Thistle	P–P	Alloa Athletic	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: The Energy Check Stadium
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak.

21 March 2020 30	Dundee United	P–P	Alloa Athletic	Dundee
15:00				Stadium: Tannadice Park
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak.

28 March 2020 31	Alloa Athletic	P–P	Dunfermline Athletic	Alloa
15:00				Stadium: The Indodrill Stadium
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak.

4 April 2020 32	Alloa Athletic	P–P	Dundee	Alloa
15:00				Stadium: The Indodrill Stadium
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak.

11 April 2020 33	Ayr United	P–P	Alloa Athletic	Ayr
15:00				Stadium: Somerset Park
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak.

18 April 2020 34	Alloa Athletic	P–P	Queen of the South	Alloa
15:00				Stadium: The Indodrill Stadium
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak.

25 April 2020 35	Alloa Athletic	P–P	Greenock Morton	Alloa
15:00				Stadium: The Indodrill Stadium
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak.

2 May 2020 36	Arbroath	P–P	Alloa Athletic	Arbroath
15:00				Stadium: Gayfield Park
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak.

Scottish Cup

23 November 2019 Third round	Elgin City	1–3	Alloa Athletic	Elgin
15:00	MacEwan 26'	Report	Taggart 48' Cawley 58' O'Hara 63'	Stadium: Borough Briggs Attendance: 668 Referee: Scott Lambie

18 January 2020 Fourth round	Alloa Athletic	2–3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Alloa
15:00	Cawley 18' O'Hara 75'	Report	Doran 8' White 61' Trafford 86'	Stadium: Recreation Park Attendance: 590 Referee: Willie Collum

Challenge Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
7 September 2019 – 15:00	Third round	Dunfermline Athletic	Away	1–2	Robert Thomson, Trouten	1,448	^[16]
12 October 2019 – 15:00	Fourth round	Inverness	Away	3–0		973	^[17]

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
16 July 2019 – 19:45	Group stage	Elgin City	Home	3–3 (Elgin win 5–6 on pens)	Trouten, Buchanan, Cawley	316	^[18]
20 July 2019 – 15:00	Group stage	Hibernian	Away	3–0		5,470	^[19]
23 July 2019 – 19:45	Group stage	Stirling Albion	Home	2–1	O'hara, Buchanan	412	^[20]
27 July 2019 – 15:00	Group stage	Arbroath	Away	2–3	Buchanan, Trouten (2)	590	^[21]

Template:2019–20 Scottish League Cup Group C table

Player details

As of 3 August 2019

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Championship		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Challenge Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Neil Parry	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Scott Taggart	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Liam Dick	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Robbie Deas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Andy Graham (C)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Steven Hetherington	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW		Kevin Cawley	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Jon Robertson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Liam Buchanan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW		Alan Trouten	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Iain Flannigan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Adam Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Nathan Gilhooley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Kevin O'Hara	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Blair Malcolm	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Robert Thomson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF		Cameron O'Donnell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Paul Gillespie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK		Chris Henry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	GK		Jamie MacDonald	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the season:
22	MF		Andy Stirling	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

Transfers in


Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	FW	Liam Buchanan	Raith Rovers	Free transfer	^[22]
	MF	Andy Stirling	Queen of the South		^[23]
	FW	Robert Thomson	Greenock Morton		^[24]
15 July 2019	FW	Kevin O'Hara	Falkirk		^[25]
2 August 2019	MF	Blair Malcolm	Cowdenbeath		^[26]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	MF	Jordan Kirkpatrick	Forfar Athletic	Free transfer	^[27]
	MF	Reis Peggie	East Stirlingshire	Free transfer	^[28]
	FW	Ahmed Aloulou	Released		^[22]
	MF	Jim Goodwin	Retired		^[29]
	DF	Zdravko Karadachki	Released		^[22]
2 September 2019	MF	Andy Stirling	Released		^[30]

Loans in

Date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
8 August 2019	DF	Robbie Deas	Celtic Reserves	End of season	^[31]
13 September 2019	GK	Jamie MacDonald	Kilmarnock	31 December 2019	^[32]

References

^ "Dundee Utd, Raith & Cove win titles and reconstruction talks start after Dundee vote". BBC Sport. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
^ "Alloa Athletic 1–1 Partick Thistle: Peter Grant picks up first league point". 3 August 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
^ "Greenock Morton 4–1 Alloa Athletic: Bob McHugh scores hat trick in win". 10 August 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
^ "Alloa Athletic 0–1 Arbroath: Linn strikes for Red Lichties' first win". 24 August 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
^ "Queen of the South 0–1 Alloa Athletic: Alan Trouten goal lifts Wasps off the bottom". 31 August 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
^ "Dundee 2–1 Alloa Athletic: Jordan McGhee ends winless run for hosts". 14 September 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
^ "Alloa Athletic 1–4 Ayr United: Ian McCall's side keep pace at top". 21 September 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
^ "Dunfermline Athletic 1–1 Alloa Athletic". 28 September 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
^ "Alloa Athletic 1–0 Dundee United: Leaders shocked by hosts". 4 October 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
^ "Inverness CT 2–2 Alloa Athletic: Late equaliser costs hosts chance to go top". 19 October 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
^ "Alloa Athletic 2–2 Queen of the South: Hosts battle back from two goals down". 26 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
^ "Alloa Athletic 0–3 Dundee: Kane Hemmings scores twice in win". 29 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
^ "Arbroath 2–1 Alloa Athletic: hosts edge closer to play-offs". 2 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
^ "Alloa Athletic 2–1 Dunfermline Athletic". 9 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
^ "Partick Thistle 1–1 Alloa: Dario Zanatta earns point for hosts". 26 November 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
^ "Tunnock's Caramel Wafer Challenge Cup Results | SPFL". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
^ "Tunnock's Caramel Wafer Challenge Cup Results | SPFL". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
^ "Betfred Cup Results | SPFL". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
^ "Hibernian v Alloa Athletic". 20 July 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
^ "Alloa Athletic v Stirling Albion". 23 July 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
^ "Arbroath v Alloa Athletic". 27 July 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Scottish Championship ins and outs – Summer 2019". 10 September 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
^ "Andy Stirling chooses Alloa over league rivals". Strathallan Times. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
^ "Double deal for Alloa | SPFL". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
^ "Alloa Athletic FC – News". www.alloaathletic.co.uk. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
^ "Alloa Athletic FC – News". www.alloaathletic.co.uk. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
^ "Forfar make double signing | SPFL". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
^ "Shire's summer signing spree is catching the eye". www.falkirkherald.co.uk. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
^ "St Mirren: Jim Goodwin agrees to be manager and exit Alloa Athletic". 27 June 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
^ "Alloa Athletic FC – News". www.alloaathletic.co.uk. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
^ https://thecelticstar.com/season-long-loans-agreed-for-young-celts-robbie-deas-and-daniel-church/
^ "Jamie MacDonald joins Alloa on emergency loan". Kilmarnock FC. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

[2] All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.^[1]

[1] "Dundee Utd, Raith & Cove win titles and reconstruction talks start after Dundee vote". BBC Sport. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

[3] "Alloa Athletic 1–1 Partick Thistle: Peter Grant picks up first league point". 3 August 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.

[4] "Greenock Morton 4–1 Alloa Athletic: Bob McHugh scores hat trick in win". 10 August 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[5] "Alloa Athletic 0–1 Arbroath: Linn strikes for Red Lichties' first win". 24 August 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[6] "Queen of the South 0–1 Alloa Athletic: Alan Trouten goal lifts Wasps off the bottom". 31 August 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[7] "Dundee 2–1 Alloa Athletic: Jordan McGhee ends winless run for hosts". 14 September 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[8] "Alloa Athletic 1–4 Ayr United: Ian McCall's side keep pace at top". 21 September 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[9] "Dunfermline Athletic 1–1 Alloa Athletic". 28 September 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[10] "Alloa Athletic 1–0 Dundee United: Leaders shocked by hosts". 4 October 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[11] "Inverness CT 2–2 Alloa Athletic: Late equaliser costs hosts chance to go top". 19 October 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[12] "Alloa Athletic 2–2 Queen of the South: Hosts battle back from two goals down". 26 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

[13] "Alloa Athletic 0–3 Dundee: Kane Hemmings scores twice in win". 29 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

[14] "Arbroath 2–1 Alloa Athletic: hosts edge closer to play-offs". 2 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

[15] "Alloa Athletic 2–1 Dunfermline Athletic". 9 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

[16] "Partick Thistle 1–1 Alloa: Dario Zanatta earns point for hosts". 26 November 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

[17] "Tunnock's Caramel Wafer Challenge Cup Results | SPFL". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[18] "Tunnock's Caramel Wafer Challenge Cup Results | SPFL". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[19] "Betfred Cup Results | SPFL". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[20] "Hibernian v Alloa Athletic". 20 July 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[21] "Alloa Athletic v Stirling Albion". 23 July 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[22] "Arbroath v Alloa Athletic". 27 July 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[:0-23] "Scottish Championship ins and outs – Summer 2019". 10 September 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

[24] "Andy Stirling chooses Alloa over league rivals". Strathallan Times. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

[25] "Double deal for Alloa | SPFL". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

[26] "Alloa Athletic FC – News". www.alloaathletic.co.uk. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

[27] "Alloa Athletic FC – News". www.alloaathletic.co.uk. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

[28] "Forfar make double signing | SPFL". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

[29] "Shire's summer signing spree is catching the eye". www.falkirkherald.co.uk. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

[30] "St Mirren: Jim Goodwin agrees to be manager and exit Alloa Athletic". 27 June 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

[31] "Alloa Athletic FC – News". www.alloaathletic.co.uk. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

[32] ttps://thecelticstar.com/season-long-loans-agreed-for-young-celts-robbie-deas-and-daniel-church/

[33] "Jamie MacDonald joins Alloa on emergency loan". Kilmarnock FC. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

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v t e Alloa Athletic Football Club
Club	Recreation Park Players Managers
Seasons	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
Notable matches	1999 Scottish Challenge Cup final 2001 Scottish Challenge Cup final 2015 Scottish Challenge Cup final

v t e 2019–20 in Scottish football
« 2018–19 2020–21 »
Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland East of Scotland South of Scotland North Caledonian SJFA West Premiership SJFA East Super League SJFA North Superleague SPFL Reserve League Women's Premier League '19 '20 Women's First Division/Championship '19 '20
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Group stage Final Challenge Cup ~~Final~~ South Region Challenge Cup Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup '19 ~~'20~~ Women's Premier League Cup '19 '20
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League
Related to national team	Results Men's Women's UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
Transfers	Summer 2019 Winter 2019–20
Club seasons
Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Rangers Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren
Championship	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Partick Thistle Queen of the South
League One	Airdrieonians Dumbarton East Fife Falkirk Forfar Athletic Montrose Peterhead Raith Rovers Stranraer
League Two	Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Brechin City Cove Rangers Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City Elgin City Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion

Competitions

Scottish Championship

League table

Results

Scottish Cup

Challenge Cup

League Cup

Player details

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Loans in

See also

References